Learners Digital Footprints and Implications for Pedagogy Chiandra

Learners Digital Footprints and Implications for Pedagogy Chiandra Jayasekera (Head of TEL) James Beardsmore (Learning Technologist) Samir Patel (Learning Technologist)

Digital Footprints Information available from actions humans are taking. § Generated through purposeful action or passive recording § Offering deep and novel insights § For individual experience and society as a whole Big Data A combination of…. § High-volume (increasing amount of data) § High-velocity (speed of data in and out) § High-variety (range of data types and sources) Horvath, 2012, p. 15 Thatcher, J. , 2014, Data. International Journal of Communication, 8, p. 19

Implications for Pedagogy Learning analytics data needs to be: § § Measured Collated Analysed Reported So that learning trends can be understood and optimised through: § § Creating profiles of users Predicting students at risk of failing Opportunity for intervention and improvement Personalisation and adaptation Wolff, et al, 2013 Dyckhoof, et al, 2012 Bienkowski, Feng, and Means, 2012 1 st International Conference on Learning Analytics, 2011

Steps Taken § VLE Analytics § Our Story: Implications for pedagogy Moodle (VLE) Google Analytics Data Reporting User Behaviour & Engagement

Engagement Buckets and Balls Throw your assumptions at us! 1 2 3 4 5

Engagement Current Affairs vs Facebook Which category maps to higher use of the VLE? Social Media Football Movies Technology News 1 2 3 4 5

Engagement Current Affairs vs Facebook Student interests mapped to VLE usage Social Media Lowest 1. 74% Football Movies Highest 4. 45% Technology News

Engagement Pathways, Routes and Avenues What method was most frequently used to access the VLE? Facebook Mahara Student Portal Google Directly 1 2 3 4 5

Engagement Pathways, Routes and Avenues What method was most frequently used to access the VLE? Facebook Mahara Student Portal Google Directly Lowest Highest 0. 27% 87. 5%

Engagement Beginning, Middle or End The longest sessions are during… Sep-Oct 1 Nov-Dec Jan-Feb Mar-Apr May-Jun 2 3 4 5

Engagement Beginning, Middle or End The longest sessions are during… Sep-Oct Highest 6 min 54 secs Nov-Dec Jan-Feb Mar-Apr Lowest 5 min 12 secs May-Jun

Engagement Apple vs Android (and Windows too!) Most popular device… Samsung 1 i. Pad Xbox i. Phone Windows 2 3 4 5

Engagement Apple vs Android (and Windows too!) Most popular device… Samsung i. Pad Xbox i. Phone Lowest Highest 1% 65% Windows

Apple Domination (with a potential future trend? )

What does it mean to you? “Access to personal data is generating a new wave of opportunity for economic and societal value creation” World Economic Forum, 2011, p. 5 Students Staff Institution Ethics Security Privacy Integrity Stakeholders Data Protection

Contact Us telteam@stmarys. ac. uk Chiandra Jayasekera (Head of TEL) James Beardsmore (Learning Technologist) Samir Patel (Learning Technologist)